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TIL that approximately 90% of all gunpowder used by the Patriots during the American Revolution was supplied by France

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P1xPL TIL that 15% of all romantic relationships have a partner “stolen”/lured from another relationship. That is, one of the partners has gotten seduced while involved with—and lured away from—their ex-partner.
0ddnv TIL about the Vennbahn, a former railway line that runs across Germany, but the trackbed of the line is part of Belgium, so it creates 5 exclaves of Germany, one of which is only a house with a garden
wLbaM TiL One of the few (and perhaps the only) citizen-led protest against Kristallnacht in 1938 was organised by an Indigenous Australian named William Cooper. Almost 30 years before Indigenous Australians were allowed to be citizens of Australia.
9XaD TIL a woman won a lottery, divorced her husband to keep it to herself and then lost it all to him after a lawsuit when the (ex)-husband found out
16rkO TIL Actress and part time Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik was so in demand as a child actress after the movie Beaches that she was cast as the lead in two competing TV shows at the same time, Blossom for NBC and Molloy for Fox .